Christmas market in the capital, Stockholm.
History
During the First and Second World War, Sweden was neutral.
It founded the European Free Trade Association in 1959.
It joined the European Union in 1994.
Food/ culture
Its culture is characterized by its belief in equality and humility. They tend to listen more and speak less.
The crops grown in Sweden are cereals, vegetables, fruits, root crops and sugar beet.
The popular dishes include meatballs, kanelbulle, filmjolk, oat milk latte, herring, toast skagen and foraged berries.
Wildlife
Common wildlife animals living here are deer, reindeer, lynx, Arctic fox, wolf, bear, moose and wolverine.
Annual events/ celebrations/ festivals
The main celebrated events include the Peace and Love Festival, Kivik Apple Market Festival, Summerburst Festival, Gothenburg Culture Festival, Walpurgisnacht Festival and Stockholm Early Music Festival.
Things to see
There is the Vasa Museum, which is a marine museum in Stockholm which showcases a fully solid 17th-century ship that has never been rescued and 64-gun warship Vasa that drowned on her maiden voyage back in 1628.
There is also the Drottningholm Palace, which is the residence of the royal family in Sweden.
There is also the Oresund Bridge, which is a combination of railway and motorway crossing the Oresund strait connecting Sweden to Denmark.
Other must-visit places are Gamla Stan Old Town, Storkyrkan Cathedral, Kungliga Slottet Royal Palace, Nobel Museum and Abba Museum.
Interesting facts
More than half of the land the country is covered by forest.
The official language is Swedish.
Majority of the people attend the Church of Sweden.
Borders
It is bordered on the west and north by Norway, on the east by Finland and the southwest by Denmark by a bridge-tunnel crossing Oresund Strait.
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